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Does the lens have a physical shutter that you can see, like metal petals that open and close? On my camera, the aperature is made of petals that open and close to regulate the light and they close down completely when the camera is not in use. The petals are controlled by a small servo that, if non-functional, will completely "blind" the camera CCD. Many cameras use electronic shutters that have no mechanics and that would indicate a hardware problem that most likely cant be fixed without a new PC board or lens/CCD assembly..

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Does the lens have a physical shutter that you can see, like metal petals that open and close? On my camera, the aperature is made of petals that open and close to regulate the light and they close down completely when the camera is not in use. The p ...
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Canon Powershot A610 digital camera--LCD screen shows icons, but otherwise is blank--there is no visible movement in the lens when I take a picture without flash--have tried setting it on TV setting and taking a picture, then opening the battery cover for a few seconds after waiting 7 seconds or so, but no images on the LCD except the camera's icons--ideas? probably a stuck shutter, or is it still possibly the CCD sensor even though there's no visible movement in the lens? Ideas? Thanks!

Much more likely that it's a stuck shutter, especially for your model camera. How many tries did you give the fix? Some people stated that it took at least 15 repeated tries before the shutter opened:\015\012\015\012\015\012 ...
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Canon Powershot A70: LCD screen went blank - I can still access all menu functions (timer, resolution etc), but the screen is completely black otherwise. If i take a picture using the manual view finder, all i get is a completely black photograph. Occasionally, i see a glitter or two on the screen which is black and white (kind of like an unsynced TV image), but then it disappears pretty quickly

I had a A70 that would still take pictures, but the screen did not show a picture. I did some research and found that this is somewhat a common problems with some of the Canon Powershots to include the A70 where the LCD screens expire. I believe th ...
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I own a Canon Powershot SD1200 IS. When I plug it in to my computer the camerawindow program to transfer my images doesn't open (it normallly automatically opens). when I plug the camera in and turn it on, the screen goes blank and the green light blinks for a while, but when I try to manually open the program it says that the program cannot be executed directly. How do I fix this?

Hey, I just purchased a Canon Powershot A720 IS today and as I was messing with it the LCD screen just went black. The icons on it show up, but when I take a picture its just black, as if the shutter isn't open or something. Is there a setting I accidentally hit or what? Help please, I'm going to Germany in 4 days and need to get this all worked out.

First turn on the camera and press the DISP button on the back of the camera (lower left corner). The DISP button manually turns the screen on and off to save batteries. But if that doesn't fix it, then take the camera back for exchange. Black pic ...
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My Canon PowerShot SD1000 shoots completely black pictures. The lens is open and there is no damage to the lens or the screen. The battery is fully charged and I've even tried a different memory card. It reads pictures previously taken, but takes only completely black images.

A stuck shutter is another common failure mode for digital cameras. The symptoms of a stuck or "sticky" shutter are very similar to CCD image sensor failure. The camera may take black pictures (for shutter stuck closed), or the pictures may be very b ...
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Blank lcd I just got a new canon 600D. After playing with it for a while, i turned it off. Then after 5-10 mins i turned it on once again, and opened the lcd screen, but it shows blank(or say black). I can see that the lcd backlit is workeing, but nothing (no content) is displayed. Can this be an issue of low battery ? pressing the shutter button full also not capturing the picture. Flash works though, and optical view finder too, but it does not capture the photo.

Canon SD4000 camera, when hitting the power button, the screen remains black screen, the green light blinks twice, lens zooms out, shutter opens. Screen remains black, and I do not seem to have any control at all; pressing the zoom button doesn't move lens, no notable reaction to anything. Hit the power button again, the lens zooms back into it's original position, shutter closes (occasionally does not shut completely), green light blinks twice, screen remains black. Tried turning on w/o SD card

Hi I have a canon powershot S315, i was using it yesterday, ive obviously pushed something i shouldnt have and now the screen is black with the setting symbols only when turned on and when back view panel is open the inside view from viewfinder is blank??..can you help

POSSIBLY, LOOK FOR A BUTTON ON THE BACK OF YOUR CAMERA THAT SAYS " DISP " AND PUSH THIS. IF THIS WORKED YOUR PROBLEM IS SOLVED AND THE DISPLAY WAS JUST TURNED OFF. TRY THIS AND SEE IF THIS IS THE CASE. IF NOT REPLY TO ARCLIGHT1217 AND WE'LL CONTINUE, ...
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When I turn on my Canon PowerShot S3 IS camera all I get is a black screen with symbols on it, it is like the shutter is not opening. How can I fix this.

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The black paisley plastic covers to the shutter on my Canon Powershot A630 do not open fully, so pictures are thin bands of picture amid large black areas where the covers do not open.
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See this link:http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=PgComSmModDisplayAct&fcategoryid=223&modelid=9824&keycode=2112&id=48264Your camera is one of those listed, and your symptoms indicate this is the problem. Canon should rep ...
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